Zobel-class fast attack craft
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Zobel class |
| Builders: | Lurssen, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Operators: | |
| Preceded by: | Jaguar class |
| Succeeded by: | Type 143A Gepard class |
| Built: | 1961-63 |
| In commission: | 1961-84 |
| Completed: | 10 |
| Retired: | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Torpedo boat (fast attack craft) |
| Displacement: | 172.5 tonnes standard, 190 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 42.6 metres (140 ft) |
| Beam: | 7.1 metres (23 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.3 metres (7.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 42kts max, 39kts max sustained |
| Range: | 700nms at 35knots |
| Complement: | 39 (4 Officers, 17 NCOs, 18 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Navigation radar, Surveillance radar |
| Armament: |
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The Type 142 Zobel class was a German class of torpedo bearing fast attack craft (torpedo boats). They were in service with the Bundesmarine during the Cold War to protect the Baltic sea coast. The class was designed by Lürssen.
The Zobel class was replaced by the Type 143A Gepard class, they were the last fast attack craft with only torpedoes as main armament, all later classes have anti-ship missiles.
The Kartal-class fast attack craft of the Turkish Navy is an advanced version of the Zobel class; vessels of this class are armed with Penguin anti-ship missiles and mines in addition to torpedoes.
List of ships
| NATO pennant number |
German pennant number |
Name | Callsign | Shipbuilder | Com- missioned |
Decom- missioned |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P6092 | S31 | Zobel (Sable) | DBUQ | Lürssen | 12 December 1961 | 7 September 1982 | |
| P6093 | S32 | Wiesel (Weasel) | DBUR | Lürssen | 25 June 1962 | 6 March 1984 | To Turkish Navy |
| P6094 | S33 | Dachs (Badger) | DBUS | Lürssen | 25 September 1962 | 6 December 1984 | To Turkish navy |
| P6096 | S34 | Nerz (Mink) | DBUX | Lürssen | 11 January 1963 | 8 July 1982 | |
| P6098 | S35 | Gepard (Cheetah) | DBUW | Lürssen | 18 April 1963 | 9 November 1982 | To Turkish navy |
| P6100 | S36 | Frettchen (Ferret) | DBUY | Lürssen | 26 June 1963 | 9 August 1983 | To Turkish navy |
| P6101 | S37 | Ozelot (Ocelot) | DBUZ | Lürssen | 25 October 1963 | 10 January 1984 | To Turkish navy |
| P6095 | S38 | Hermelin (Stoat) | DBUT | Kröger | 28 November 1962 | 12 January 1983 | |
| P6097 | S39 | Puma | DBUV | Kröger | 21 December 1962 | 17 December 1981 | Sold as scrap [1] |
| P6099 | S40 | Hyäne (Hyena) | DBUU | Kröger | 10 May 1963 | 5 June 1984 | To Turkish navy |
In service with the Bundesmarine, the vessels belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader (7th Fast attack craft squadron) based in Kiel at the Baltic Sea.
References
External links
- Schnellboot Typ 142 Zobel-Klasse @ schnellboot.net (in German)
- Type 142 Zobel Class @ Warships On The Web